The idea for the Transplastic process arrived in 2000. I was Inspired by the part in Maurice Sendak’s book In The Night Kitchen where a boy gets coated with dough.

The idea of placing a layer of clay on things took on a different significance whilst I traveled around the U.K. and Europe feeling the depth of thousands of years of human history all around me, comparatively New Zealand seemed so young.

I had this desire to import clay from New Zealand and coat significant objects in the UK and Europe with it.

The clay, ( some of our land ) would cover certain sites and objects that may have seen the departures of my UK and European ancestors who traveled to NZ and ended up covering the land here with their toil.

Transplastic Bucket Fountain Cuba Mall Wellington 2006

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Wellington based Director Simon Burgin and Producer Gareth Moon of Nektar Films madeIn the Night Kitchen a documentary about the Bucket Fountain Transplasticism.
This documentary won Best Short Documentary in the New Zealand Documentary Awards 2007